let me bring you some news from gatwick. we are hearing from the gatwick. we are hearing from the gatwick airport twitter account that they have been experiencing it issues in the air traffic control tower this morning, resulting in three diverted flights. they say they are continuing to experience delays with both arrivals and departures and they are working to resolve this as soon as possible. some people on social media have said their flights have some people on social media have said theirflights have been diverted to heathrow airport, 37 miles away. we will keep you updated. let s get more on that news that a complaint by northern ireland gay rights activist gareth lee that he was discriminated against when the christian owners of a belfast bakery refused to make him a cake iced with the slogan support gay marriage has been ruled inadmissible by the european courts of human rights. let s speak now with our ireland correspondent chris page. chris, reminders of the background to
on domestic law, mr lee defied the domestic courts of the opportunity to address any convention issues raised, instead asking the european court to usurp the role of the domestic courts. judges say mr lee failed to domestic remedies, so the application was inadmissible. so does this now and here? we - application was inadmissible. so - does this now and here? we haven t et heard does this now and here? we haven t yet heard a does this now and here? we haven t yet heard a response does this now and here? we haven t yet heard a response from does this now and here? we haven t yet heard a response from mr- does this now and here? we haven t yet heard a response from mr lee i does this now and here? we haven tj yet heard a response from mr lee or his legal team, or indeed anybody on the other side, the owners of ashers bakery or the christian institute, the charity and lobby group who have been supporting them. but it is hard to see if there s any other route open to mr lee after thi
going on for some time. that s - right. never before, you could say, has a cake been so controversial. this started in 201a, when gasly, a 93v this started in 201a, when gasly, a gay rights activist, walked into a branch of this baking company in belfast city centre and placed an order for a belfast city centre and placed an orderfor a cake bearing the slogan support gay marriage . at the time, same sex couples were not able to get married in northern ireland. the law finally changed in 2020. but eight years ago, it was a major political debate going on. there was a big campaign going on, so mr lee wanted the slogan endorsing that campaign. however, he got a phone call from the bakery owners saying that they were not going to bake the cake because they thought the message on it was at odds with their christian beliefs. mr lee took legal action. he was supported by the northern ireland equality watchdog in doing so. he alleged he had me discriminated against on the grounds of his sexua
to be a challenge. we speak to our members across the whole nhs and they tell us, almost nine in ten health care leaders have recently told us that a lack of staffing is putting patient safety and care at risk. this needs to be a priority. thank you. breaking news. a complaint by the northern ireland gay rights activist gareth lee that he was discriminated against when the christian owners of against when the christian owners of a belfast bakery refused to make him a belfast bakery refused to make him a cake iced with the slogan, support gay marriage, has been ruled inadmissible by the european court of human rights. the european court of human rights. the european court of human rights said he had failed to exhaust domestic remedies in his case. you may remember this has been going on for a long time. in 2018 the supreme court in the uk ruled he wasn t discriminated against when
the high court here in belfast and then at the northern ireland account court of appeal. but then it went to the uk supreme court and it overturned a previous verdict. judges in london ruled in favour of the bakers, saying their objection to making the cake was on the basis of the political message that they disagreed with, and not mr lee s sexuality. mr lee then took the case further to strasbourg, to the european court of human rights, and that court enforces and interprets the european convention on human rights, which is an international treaty signed by the uk and a6 other european states. this morning, in a writtenjudgment, thejudges in written judgment, the judges in strasbourg writtenjudgment, thejudges in strasbourg have said the case brought by mr lee was inadmissible and therefore they have dismissed it. they said that at no point in the proceedings in the uk courts did mr lee invoke his rights under the european convention and therefore, to quote directly, by relying sol